Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) Saturday imposed a complete ban on student politics and prohibited all political affiliations for teachers, staffs, and administrative personnel. The decision was informed in a notice signed by the principal of the college Dr Sahena Akhtar on Saturday. According to the notice, according to the unanimous decision of the academic council meeting on March 3, ...

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed returned home from India after around nine years on Sunday. He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Delhi around 2:00 PM, said BNP media cell member Shairul Kabir Khan. Salahuddin went missing from Uttara in the capital on 10 March 2015. After 62 days, on 11 May of that year, local ...

Adviser for Home Affairs Brigadier General (Retd.) M Sakhawat Hossain has said media outlets will be shut down if they indulge in flattery. “The media will be closed, if you indulge in flattery. I promise you if the media is flattering, then the media will be shut down.” Sakhawat Hossain made this comment after visiting the injured police members at ...

Anti-Repression Teachers’ Society of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet has presented an 18-point proposal to the newly formed interim government considering the current situation of the country. Prof Dr Sajedul Karim, an organiser of the Anti-Repression Teachers’ Society, confirmed the matter to the media on Sunday morning, reports UNB. Prof Sajedul said, “We hold the newly ...

Syed Refaat Ahmed was sworn in as the 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Darbar Hall of the president’s official residence around 12:45pm on Sunday. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to the chief justice.  

Advisers Supradip Chakma and Bidhan Ranjan Roy of the interim government took oaths on Sunday (August 11). President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at Bangabhaban. Now, the size of the interim government, so far, has reached 16, including the chief adviser. Interim government Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus was present in the oath taking ceremony.  

Members of Bangladesh Navy took Mohammad Ali, the former lawmaker from Noakhali-6 under their custody. They also took Mohammad Ali’s wife Ayesha Ferdous and his son Ashiq Ali, chairman of Hatiya upazila parishad. A team of navy, led by Hatiya camp commander, went to Charkailash residence of Mohammad Ali under Hatiya municipality and took the trio from there. Ali’s wife ...

Officials and employees, who have been deprived of posts, titles and promotions for the past 17 years, have given a 48-hour ultimatum to the Ministry of Public Administration. The ultimatum came from a meeting held at the secretariat on Sunday. Around three hundred officials and employees were present in the meeting. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s PS Abdus Sattar chaired the ...

Five people, including three officials, sustained bullet injuries after some armed people attacked the head office of Islami Bank Bangladesh in the capital’s Motijheel on Sunday. The incident happened at about 10:15am. The injured officials are Mamun, Abdur Rahman, Baki Billah; and guard Shafiullah Sarder. The identity of another injured could not be known. Witnesses said some officials gathered in ...

The benchmark index DSEX of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) surged by 277 points in the first 25 minutes today, hitting 6,000 mark for the first time in five months. During the session till 10:25am, the DSEX reached at 6,202 points, while the blue-chip index DS30 gained 118 points to reach at 2,251. The turnover stood at Tk399 crore. During ...